03468nam 2200745 a 450 991079191960332120231211190057.01-84779-701-61-78170-248-91-84779-316-910.7765/9781847793164(CKB)2560000000085818(EBL)1069606(OCoLC)818847344(SSID)ssj0000712821(PQKBManifestationID)12259414(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712821(PQKBWorkID)10650603(PQKB)11576123(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085729(OCoLC)1132666728(MdBmJHUP)muse78045(Au-PeEL)EBL1069606(CaPaEBR)ebr10623368(MiAaPQ)EBC1069606(MiAaPQ)EBC4083759(DE-B1597)659386(DE-B1597)9781847793164(EXLCZ)99256000000008581820091030d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierParliamentary reform at Westminster[electronic resource] /Alexandra KelsoManchester ;New York Manchester University Press Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan20091 online resource (230 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-9118-7 0-7190-7675-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index.9780719076756; 9780719076756; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Parliament and parliamentary reform; 2 Historical institutionalism and parliament; 3 Efficiency in the House of Commons 1900-97; 4 Efficiency in the House of Commons since 1997; 5 Effectiveness in the House of Commons 1900-97; 6 Effectiveness in the House of Commons since 1997; 7 Reform of the House of Lords 1900-97; 8 Reform of the House of Lords since 1997; 9 Understanding parliamentary reform; Bibliography; IndexThe Labour government elected in 1997 pledged to reform the Westminster parliament by modernising the House of Commons and removing the hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Events have consequently demonstrated the deep controversy that accompanies such attempts at institutional reconfiguration, and have highlighted the shifting fault-lines in executive-legislative relations in the UK, as well as the deep complexities surrounding British constitutional politics. The story of parliamentary reform is about the nature of the British political system, about how the government seeks to expandPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative PoliticsbisacshGreat BritainPolitics and government20th centuryHouse of Commons.House of Lords.Labour Party.Westminster.constitutional politics.executive-legislative relations.hereditary peers.parliamentary reform.political actors.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics.328.410904Kelso Alexandra1519009MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791919603321Parliamentary reform at Westminster3756873UNINA